St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11

strength. He has always
bought them of the same
dealer in Albany, and they are
made expressly for him in 1880
Havana.
Dancing in the White House
by the hostess herself was
commenced by Mrs. Donel-
son in Jackson's time. Before that
it had been ignored in the most dignifed
way. Martha Washington had danced
before her husband became President,
was too old woman and her health did
not permit the amusement. Jefferson's
daughters seemed to feel that there
was a precedent in the matter, and
did not do what Mrs. Adams and Mrs.
Washington had not done. Dollie Madi-
son never danced out of regard for her
husband, who had a game leg and could
not. Mrs. Monroe found little pleasure
in social affairs, and was too stately and
digniied to dance. Mrs. John Quincy
Adams was a bookish woman to whom
the whirl of society was bane. During
Van Buren's term and in Tyler's there
were many private balls at which both
the Presidents and the White House
mistresses danced. Mrs. James X. Polk
was opposed to dancing on principle,
and her refusal to allow it in the White
House offended society. Later adj
lard Fillmore's daughter and Harriet
Lane fairly loved to dance, but Mrs.
Lincoln and Mrs. Grant never encour-
aged it except at private balls, while Mrs.
Hayes and Mrs. McElroy, in President
Arthur's term, gave no opportunity for
dancing. Society was all agog when Mrs.
Cleveland first came to the White House
to know whether there would be dancing,
but the first social season passed and no
balls were given, either private or general.
1t is supposed that the reason is not that
Mrs. Cleveland does not dance, but that
the President does not care for that sort
of thing.
The President has been quite regular in
his attendance at church until the past
summer. Early in his administration he
selected DR.. Sunderland's church, the
First Presbyterian, as his place of worship.
church behind their fine team of seal
browns, with Albert Hawkins, the very
black coachman, on the box. Hawkins
has driven all the Presidents as far back
as Andrew Johnson's time and
is very proud of his situation. Dur
ing the summer the President has
pleaded indisposition, and Mrs Cleve-
land has gone to church alone, some
times accompanied by her mother and
little cousin. Tommy Huddleston,
Minnesota boy, who, with his sister May,
have been members of Mrs. FOlsom's
family at Oak View. The church Mrs
Cleveland attends is the little Episcopal
sanctuary of st. Paul's on the Tennally-
town road, deep in small grove. The
structure is about as large as small dis
trict schoolhouse, fitted with wooden
benches, and is uncarpeted, save in the
aisles. Mrs. Cleveland seems at home in
the Episcopal service.
The dress of the White House family is
neither ambitious nor expensive Mr..
Cleveland dresses we'll. His usual suit is
one of black broadcloth, coat double
breasted and Prince Albert in style. He
wears it tightly buttoned. His linen is
white and plain. His collars are always of
the ''stand-up'' kind, and rise rather high
in the back of the neck. His necktie is
always of black, quiet and modest. He
shaves himself every morning, one of
the first things he did on entering the
White House being to discharge the
barber who served President Arthur.
This man was on the rolls of the Treas
ury Department, his only duty being
to act as White House barber. Mrs. Cleve-
land has great variety of toilets Her
form is what Worth would call a good
model. She is tall. broad shouldered.
with the lines of the bust delicate and
ample: The waist is long and possibly
too slight; arms large, plump and full,